2 Chronicles 14:5 KJV — MannaFest

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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ASV

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

WEB

He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.

YLT

and he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him.

DBT

And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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2 Chronicles 34:4
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
Ezekiel 6:4
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
2 Chronicles 34:7
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
1 Kings 15:14
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
2 Chronicles 32:5
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

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), they being a great provocation to a jealous God and a great temptation to a careless unthinking people. He hoped by destroying the idols to reform the idolaters, which he aimed at, rather than to ruin them. He revived and established the pure worship of God; and, since the priests did their part in attending God's altars, he obliged the people to do theirs (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Vice is a sneaking thing, and virtue has reason enough on its side to make all iniquity stop her mouth, Ps. cvii. The tranquillity of his kingdom, after constant alarms of war during the last two reigns: In his days the land was quiet ten years (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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